{"id":38612,"date":"2018-06-01T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T17:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=38612"},"modified":"2018-06-01T08:58:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T13:58:21","slug":"president-trump-regrets-hiring-sessions-as-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=38612","title":{"rendered":"President Trump Regrets Hiring Sessions as Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY JADEN MOUNT<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Donald Trump has taken to his personal twitter account to attack Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Department of Justice\u2019s Russian Collusion investigation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sessions removed himself from the DOJ\u2019s investigation, testifying on Tuesday, June 12, 2017, that a department rule prohibits his involvement. He officially recused himself from the investigation on March 2, 2017. At the time, Democrats called for his resignation whilst Republicans supported recusal. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rule, 28 CFR 45.2, states employees of the DOJ may not \u201cparticipate in a criminal investigation or prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with any person or organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the investigation or prosecution, or who would be directly affected by the outcome.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since his recusal, tensions between the president and attorney general, who showed enormous support for each other on the campaign trail, have been far from comfortable. Tensions flared again today as South Carolina Republican Representative Trey Gowdy, leader of the House\u2019s Government Oversight Committee, said Trump\u2019s frustration was justified. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From 7:46 to 7:47 am, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, the president made this series of tweets: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tigermedianet.com\\\/?p=38612\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-38612 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=38615'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?fit=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?w=943&amp;ssl=1 943w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?resize=150%2C75&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?resize=370%2C186&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?resize=768%2C385&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"38615\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=38615\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?fit=943%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"943,473\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Trump Tweet 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?fit=370%2C186&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-1.jpg?fit=790%2C396&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=38614'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?fit=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?w=944&amp;ssl=1 944w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?resize=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?resize=370%2C187&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?resize=768%2C387&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"38614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=38614\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?fit=944%2C476&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"944,476\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Trump Tweet 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?fit=370%2C187&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-2.jpg?fit=790%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=38613'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"56\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?fit=150%2C56&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?w=942&amp;ssl=1 942w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?resize=150%2C56&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?resize=370%2C137&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?resize=768%2C285&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"38613\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=38613\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?fit=942%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"942,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Trump Tweet 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?fit=370%2C137&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Trump-Tweet-3.jpg?fit=790%2C293&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where Gowdy showed understanding for the president\u2019s frustration, he did not support claims that a \u201cspy\u201d was inserted into Trump\u2019s campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sessions\u2019 recusal paved the path for former FBI Director Robert Mueller to take charge of the investigation. The appointment of Mueller has only worsened the situation in Trump\u2019s view as he has called the investigation a \u201cwitch hunt.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members on both sides of the political spectrum have shown support for Mueller\u2019s investigation. The support has come in varying degrees, but it is support nonetheless. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Democrats are no stranger to whose side they have taken. Those in the House have even proposed legislation to protect the former FBI Director. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York Representative Jerrold Nadler said in relation to the lack of House Republicans on the matter, &#8220;Unfortunately, it seems Republican leadership in the House lacks the spine to take a stand against President Trump\u2019s abuse of power or defend our country from the constitutional crisis we would face if Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation were terminated or interfered with in any way. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the GOP side, the most visible supporter has been Senator John McCain of Arizona, who praised Mueller in a tweet on March 18, 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=38617\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?fit=1094%2C493&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1094,493\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"John McCain&#8217;s Tweet\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?fit=370%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?fit=790%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-38617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?resize=640%2C288\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?resize=1024%2C461&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?resize=150%2C68&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?resize=370%2C167&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?resize=768%2C346&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/John-McCains-Tweet.jpg?w=1094&amp;ssl=1 1094w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kansas Senator Jerry Moran has also said, according to Politico, he would support legislation to protect the investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that same support has kept the president and unsupportive Republicans from attempting to remove the former FBI Director. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether Mueller will bring charges against additional individuals involved in Trump\u2019s campaign, or even Trump himself, is still yet to be seen. One thing we can agree with is that the investigation is nearing a close and the trials are soon to begin. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY JADEN MOUNT President Donald Trump has taken to his personal twitter account to attack Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the Department&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":38412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,3570],"tags":[6877,11274,11837,8767,627,11838,103,290],"class_list":["post-38612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-jaden-mount","tag-jeff-sessions","tag-john-mccain","tag-politics","tag-robert-mueller","tag-tiger-media-network","tag-tmn"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/800.jpeg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/158"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38612"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38622,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38612\/revisions\/38622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}